A new study was recently released that highlights growth trends in online fundraising, advocacy, and nonprofit organizing. The 10th annual M+R Benchmarks Study, dubbed “Benchmarks X”, examines growth trends in 2015 data collected from over 100 organizations across multiple sectors of the nonprofit industry. […]
When Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan welcomed their first child, Maxima Chan Zuckerberg, into the world last month it was not only a momentous occasion for the famous young family, but the presumed catalyst for another recent Zuckerberg-Chan collaboration that will change the direction of American philanthropy for decades to come. […]
Are donors more cash-strapped during an election year? Survey says… Now that the national nominating conventions are over for the country’s two largest political parties, many nonprofits are left wondering how the coming general election will shape their own fundraising campaigns. […]
You already know that storytelling is an amazingly effective tool to get donors to connect to your cause and your mission. […]
Red Nose Day celebrates its second annual U.S. fundraising drive with big names and big laughs Childhood poverty is a heartbreaking reality for thousands of children in this country and millions across the globe. Luckily, Red Nose Day is once again here to help! […]
Leave bags of non-perishable food by your mailbox this Saturday, May 14th for the USPS Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Every year, on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America collect non-perishable food items donated by their postal customers in the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger food drive, the largest one-day food drive in the nation. […]
Donors will tell you how they want to give. Your nonprofit needs to listen. Before I ever began to realize my dream of helping nonprofits become lean, mean fundraising machines, I worked in the marketing department of a large publishing company that distributed to hundreds of markets nationwide. When I joined the company, they were in the process of converting the advertising for these publications (a.k.a. the business bread-and-butter) from print to digital. […]
2014 StratusLIVE Online Workplace Giving Campaign Software Success At StratusLIVE, we understand how critically important online workplace giving campaigns are to the United Way community. That’s why we decided to check in with United Ways who had recently implemented StratusLIVE’s Online Workplace Giving software. […]
There are many obstacles to overcome to become a master fundraiser. […]
Hack your nonprofit’s “elevator pitch” with visuals to attract donors more quickly and effectively. […]